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St. Elisabeth of Thuringia - A Psychological Study (1931)

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Elisabeth Johanna Auguste Busse-Wilson (1890-1974) was a German historian. She was one of the first generation of German women to receive a university education. Ulrike Wiethaus is Professor Emerita in the Department for the Study of Religions at Wake Forest University. Her research interests focus on the history of Christian spirituality with an emphasis on gender justice and political history, and most recently, historic trauma, religion, and the long-term impact of US colonialism. Klappentext Only twelve years after German women had been granted voting rights, the German medievalist Elisabeth Busse-Wilson, a first-wave feminist activist and scholar, challenged centuries of silence about violence against women by taking on the case of the most famous European saint, the young Elisabeth of Thuringia (1207-1231). Married at a very young age, St. Elisabeth soon fell under the spell of the notorious confessor and inquisitor Konrad von Marburg. His brutal treatment of the young woman was erased from the cult of St. Elisabeth to protect male privilege both in the church and society at large. Published to coincide with the 700-year anniversary of her death, Busse-Wilson's study caused a storm of controversy. Translated for the first time into English, this book reintroduces to a contemporary audience this long-forgotten but still provocative and timely classic.

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Authors Elisabeth Busse-Wilson
Assisted by Ulrike Wiethaus (Translation)
Publisher Amsterdam University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 14.11.2024
 
EAN 9789463725804
ISBN 978-94-63-72580-4
No. of pages 286
Subject Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries

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